The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 30, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:36 PM
6:41 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 640
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 171.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.6° / 345.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 46m / 3.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.24° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.52° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.67° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.